Jan. 7, 2010 - How 37 artisans helped the Accidental Mummies of Guanajuato tell their stories at the Detroit Science Center — and beyond

Dec. 17, 2009 - Headed by Dr. Grace Bochenek, the recipient of the 2008 Presidential Rank Award among many other honors, TARDEC (the Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center) is beyond the cutting edge in vehicle technology.

Nov./Dec. 2009 - Dr. Lou Anna K. Simon is a perfect example of the benefits of promoting from within. She earned her doctorate from Michigan State University in 1974 and has taught and administered there ever since, assuming the presidency in 2005. She, along with other higher education officials in the state, has had to deal with decreased funding from the state, students facing their own financial crises, and an almost moral obligation to provide the best guidance possible to help Michigan...

Nov. 19, 2009 - Bentonville, Ark.-based Sam’s Club is the $40-billion-plus wholesale division of Wal-Mart. Like Wal-Mart, it has embarked on a corporate-wide program to promote sustainability – both internally and in the products it sells to its members.

Nov. 19, 2009 - With the continuing exposure of H1N1, flu prevention and safety are forefront in the minds of business managers and owners. How do you prepare your employees without damaging your business’ bottom line? How do you deal with employees that get ill and cannot come into work? What happens if your business has to temporarily close?

November 5, 2009 - Good times and not so good, it takes people to run an effective organization. The smart companies, those who’ve not only seen both extremes but understand how to learn from the challenges they face, know and understand that “doing the right thing” as far as dealing with staff is even more important when the chips are down.

November 5, 2009 - Michael Stallard is president and Jason Pankau is a partner in E Pluribus Partners, a business consultancy and co-authors of Fired Up or Burned Out. They have consulted on the importance of building a connected culture at organizations such as Google, NASA, General Electric and the University of Toronto.

October 29, 2009 - Dean Kamen is a phenomenon. He has invented, among other things, a wearable medication pump, a portable dialysis machine, the Segway PT, an electrical generator that can run on cow dung and produce potable water on the side, and a fully-functional prosthetic arm. He holds more than 440 foreign and domestic patents and counting. And 18 years ago, he launched FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an annual competitive challenge to thousands of children from ages six through high school.

October 15, 2009 - In his early 20s Zak Zaidman had been a successful dot-com company founder with clients including Intel, Disney and IBM. By his mid-20s he sold his company, having been diagnosed with cancer. Successfully surviving cancer, Zaidman began researching the possible cause – and came to the conclusion that it might have something to do with the possible carcinogens surrounding large-scale commercial food production. Now he heads Kopali Organics, an organic snack food company with distribution in the national healthy food destination chain, Whole Foods.

October 15, 2009 - Everyone at the 5th Annual Michigan Business & Legislative Forum on Oct. 9, 2009 agreed that the U.S. has the most expensive health care system in the world, but doesn’t always get the best results. The panel of health care experts, two U.S. Congressmen and the majority of the 400 attendees also agreed that the rising costs of health care are a financial drain on families and an obstacle to economic growth.